Table of Contents - 26 Mar 2005

• COVER STORY: EDITORIAL: Indonesian President in Australia (Peter Westmore)
• CANBERRA OBSERVED: Behind the skills shortage in the not-so-clever country
• FOREIGN TRADE: The perils of bilateral trade agreements (Colin Teese)
• SCHOOLS: Teacher unions enforcing the gender agenda (Dr Kevin Donnelly)
• SPECIAL FEATURE: Murder and insurrection: Lance Sharkey in Singapore (Dr Michael D. Barr)
• BIOETHICS: UN backs ban on human cloning (Peter Westmore)
• OPINION: Cutting the abortion rate - the political options (Paul Russell)
• THINKERS: Philosopher of greed: Ayn Rand (Damian Wyld)
• STRAWS IN THE WIND: Dicing with our future / China rampant / Double standards? (Max Teichmann)
• INTERNATIONAL LAW: Behind the Timor Sea Treaty dispute (Peter Westmore)
• HONG KONG: China's man in Hong Kong quits (Peter Westmore)
• ASIA: Australia has role in great power contest (Jeffry Babb)
• PAKISTAN: What role should Islam play in Pakistan? (Dr Sharif Shuja)
• Unemployment only five per cent? (letter) (Alan Barron)
• How can we save our schools? (letter) (John Kelly)
• Urban riots a 'wake-up call' (letter) (Brian Handley)
• BOOKS: FEWER: How the new demography of depopulation will shape our future (Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer))
• BOOKS: NELSON'S PURSE, by Martyn Downer (Michael E. Daniel (reviewer))
• News Weekly Books - Freedom Publishing